Sunday, February 27, 2011

Date Masamune is quite crazy in terms of design in my opinion because of his ability to wield 6 katanas in one go. ^^ He and Vardant from "Linebarrel of Iron" would make good friends no doubt XD. Not only do they share the same color scheme of blue, both of them seem to have the same idea that one katana in combat is simply not enough ^^

A look at Date Masamune in "Sengoku Basara 3", which was a PS3 release.

Video clip is from Youtube. Follow this link to the website if you can't see anything.

Plenty of 6-katana splashing here and there ^^

Date Masamune is voiced by Kazuya Nakai (中井和哉), who also voiced for Witz, the pilot of Gundam Air Master from "Gundam X". It's quite easy to spot him when Date is speaking slowly in the game play video, way easier to identify as compared to Sanada Yukimura/Kira Yamato that is XD

In terms of representation of the actual historical figure, his missing eye and samurai helmet with a crescent-moon on it are faithfully realized. The special treatment for the first batch release of Revoltech Date Masamune is the plated gold crescent moon on his helmet, which makes it stand out even more as his iconic feature. His banner color however, is actually black, not blue ("Date Masamune's army is recognized by its black armor and golden headgear." - Wikipedia).

Date's signature tri-katana hand units can be seen clearly through the box windows.

Promotional band at the bottom of the box.

Images of Date Masamune at the bottom left corner and top portion of the box.